House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi would “absolutely positively not” accept a deal to delay implementing Obamacare for a year as part of a debt ceiling deal. That sounds like a no —according to what the San Francisco Dem told CNN’s Candy Crowley Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

“This isn’t a good faith initiative. This is an excuse to — to, uh, again, hand it all over to their friends, the insurance companies, or, again, not have a public role in this important initiative,” Pelosi said Sunday.

In other tidbits from the interview, Pelosi was asked whether she thinks Hillary Clinton will run for president. (Be prepared to hear that asked another 10,000 times. Oy. Hillary is running. I’ll shave my beard if she doesn’t.)

Pelosi touted her as being “one of the best prepared people to enter the White House in a long time” — should she decide to run, of course. “Certainly more prepared than President Obama”…though of course she was quick to praise Obama as “magnificent and wonderful and a blessing to us.”

But no, Candy couldn’t goad her into backing Hillary over VP Joe Biden. But she sure got close. Said Pelosi: “But I think it would be magnificent for America to have a woman president. I think it would be just wonderful.”

The Leader, a nationally prominent Catholic, was also asked what she thought of Pope Francis’ recent comments about gays and abortion, which we covered here.

Pope Francis

Pope Francis waves to faithful in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (AP/Riccardo De Luca)

Quipped Pelosi: “He’s starting to sound like the nuns. The Pope is starting to sound like the nuns….I can tell you there is great joy among, uh, Catholics and friends of Catholics as to the respect that His Holiness has paid, uh, to all of God’s creation. And — and members of the church and then beyond that, it’s really quite remarkable. It’s a source of joy to us all.”